Piano Bridge, Dubina TX

Restored by Davis Construction, BACH Steel & S&S Bridge Painting, Engineered by Charles Walker at TxDOT

Factual Overviews

Through truss bridge over East Navidad River on Piano Bridge Road

Location

  • Fayette County, Texas

Status

  • Reopened to traffic on April 2, 2012

History

  • Built 1885 by the King Bridge Company, rehabilitated 2011-12

Builders

  • BACH Steel of Holt, Michigan (Restoration)
  • Davis Construction Inc. of Lansing, Michigan (Restoration)
  • King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
  • S&S Bridge Painting of Kerrville, Texas (Restoration)

Design

  • Pinned, Pratt through truss (wrought iron)

Dimensions

  • Length of largest span: 79.1 ft.
  • Total length: 137.1 ft.
  • Deck width: 11.5 ft.
  • Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.

Factual Overviews

Recognition

  • Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

  • +29.72762, -96.84485 (decimal degrees)
  • 29°43'39" N, 96°50'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

  • 14/708449/3290548 (zone/easting/northing)

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Inventory numbers

  • TXNBI 130760AA0189001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
  • BH 33018 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 05/2016)

  • Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
  • Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
  • Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
  • Sufficiency rating: 55.3 (out of 100)
  • Average daily traffic (as of 2012) 150